Winter is Coming
Time to think about winterizing your Bolt.
A good Tech Tip WINTERIZING YOUR TRUCK including a link back to the Forums for additional tips.
Those aren't rubber pads above the wood blocks. They are metal reinforcements wrapped around the U-shaped crossmember to keep it from spreading. The stack would be crossmember, metal reinforcement, wood block, rubber pad.
"I always win." Working mainly alone I do not let my trucks win a war. Maybe a battle here and there but never the war.